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On tap at the Buffalo Brewpub,poured a clear light copper with a well sustained 1/2 finger white head.True to style the aromas seem more malt driven quite fruity with a little sugar cookie dough faint geranium-like hops,pretty fruity on the palate must use an English yeast a firm lightly sweet biscuity malt backbone a hardly noticable leafy hop presence brings up the rear.A sociable pint no doubt,quite subtle flavors I think pretty true to form.

Clear. Dark amber. Sizeable tan head with good retention and OK lacing. The aroma is not overpowering (it's very English in nature), but there is a touch of crystal malt and pungent, leafy and tea-like hops. The aroma carries over into the flavor with the addition of some yeasty fruit and nuttiness. Well balanced by a very firm bitterness. Finishes hoppy and dry. Enjoyable!

Picked up a bottle at Wegman's in Syracuse. Overall the character was fairly mellow, but I can see this making a great cask ale. The beer opened with a dry mix of dark bread and toffee, and finished with earthy citrus hops. This hops and barley are well balanced and make for a fine beer, but the character is just a too mild for a 5.1% beer.

Presentation: Poured from a 12 oz brown bottle into an Imperial pint glass. Label is simple; large letters EPA with small graphics of barley and a heraldic flag. No freshness date.

Appearance: Pours with 1/2 finger of light tan head. This settles quickly to a thin, complete layer of foam leaving some lacing behind. The beer itself is a bright mahogany and perfectly clear. No sediment remains in the bottle.

Smell: Very sweet butterscotch malt with hints of toffee and caramel and a distinct husky graininess.

Taste: Decent carbonation bite upfront followed by a more mellow version of those aromas which appeared in the smell. Sweet, bready malt upfront with a a subtle layer of mild hops in the finish. Finishes rich and sweet.

Mouthfeel: higher than average carbonation level. Body is very good, thick and viscous.

Drinkability: A good example of the style with maybe a hint too much sweetness and carbonation. Enjoyable overall and easy to drink.

Part of my ongoing quest to try beers from all over the place that I just never get a chance to try. This one was served cold and poured into a pint glass, consumed on 09/29/2009.

The pour was the best part by far. Rich amber in color and very clear with a big towering head of white foam on the top that settled down very nicely into a thin pillow with nice side lacing. Went in for a whiff and thats when it seemed to go wrong for me. Wet cardboard, light fruit, but off. Lots of grain and a hint of corn coming through on the smell, not sure what is going on here but I push on to take a taste of what may lie underneath. I find a mess again. Light grassy hops, loads of grain and a musky bread like malt flavor that really just goes nowhere. Light feel and very carbonated, but it just wasnt doing it for me. Could be refreshing but the taste just misses its target,

Overall I would skip over this one if it came my way again. Just seems to need a good bit more work before it is a finished product.

Poured from 12oz bottle into a pint glassEdit:After giving this beer a few more tries I am changing the ratings, goes great with any meal that I have tried it with, one of the only beers that I have found that I like to eat while I drink it. However I still do not care for the beer on it's own, but do like it better than I originally did.If you don't like this beer on the first try, give it a couple of extra chances, try it with a meal.

A: Crystal clear copper brown. Bright white head about 2 fingers high that disappeared almost immediately.

S: Smelled like freshly milled caramel malt, no hop aroma that I noticed.

T: Tasted like I was chewing on a handful of caramel malt, then ended with bitterness that complimented the malt. However I didn't much care for this flavor.

M: Creamy, absolutely no astringency, bitterness lingers for a while after drinking.

The beer pours a nice amber color with a thick frothy offwhite head that slowly fades to lacing. The aroma is good. It has a dry, yet malty scent that boasts of pale and crystal malts as well as a moderate hop aroma. The taste is decent. It has a smooth malty flavor that goes down easy and finishes dry with a mild bitterness. It's a fine session beer. It's low in alcohol, yet flavorful. The mouthfeel is good. It is a medium bodied beer with adequate carbonation. This is a good drinking EPA. The person who listed it have it wrong. It's an EPA, not an APA; big difference.

Can't remember who I got this from, but it was definitely part of a BIF. 12oz bottle into a Fullers nonic.

A: Slightly hazy copper color, no real head to speak of forms, just a few bubbles. A few bubbles lazily move through the glass. A nice color though.

S: Big time malts, lots of caramel and honey, smells quite bready and even a bit biscuity. No real hops to speak of, lots and lots of grainy, caramel malts. A slightly fruity yeast ester as well.

T: Not nearly as sweet as I had anticipated, grainy and fairly malty with a few hints of caramel, earthy/woody hop profile with a fair amount of hop resins that linger on the tongue with a fair amount of bitterness. Pretty tasty stuff really.

M: A lot lighter than I had anticipated from the nose, light carbonation, and a dry finish with a lingering hoppy bitterness.

O: Not a bad beer at all, a little more of a hoppy presence in the nose would really make this shine, regardless this is a nice little pale ale that I would definitely drink again.